FTC settles second case with geolocation data broker in two weeks

The Federal Trade Commission announced its second settlement with a location data broker in as many weeks Thursday, signaling the agency is more aggressively policing the sector for peddling individuals’ most sensitive data to the highest bidder, often without informed consent. The agency alleges that data aggregator InMarket Media improperly collected, used and stored consumers’

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